PETCO To Slash Number Of Animals For Sale By 30 Percent After PETA Exposé Of Shocking Conditions At Animal-Breeding Mill
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Following lengthy negotiations with PETA, PETCO—the US's second-largest pet store chain—will reduce the number of animals for sale in its stores nationwide by 30 percent. The company also will revamp its live-animal vendor certification standards to improve conditions at all of its pet suppliers, starting with Rainbow World Exotics (RWE) in Hamilton, Texas, where a PETA investigation uncovered abuse and neglect of birds and other animals, including the following:4173 views
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25th February, 2008 00h00
- Rabbits were neutered by an employee using a dull razor and Clorox wipes on the animals' open incisions. One improperly anesthetized rabbit kicked and struggled during the surgery.
- Live hamsters, rats, and mice were dumped were into trash cans, and animals were thrown against the floor in an attempt to kill them.
- Many animals were denied veterinary care, including a baby Goffin's cockatoo named Angel, who wasted away for weeks; ferrets with rectal prolapses; and a guinea pig with a broken hip.
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